Sep. 2, 1951. Running time: 45:51. Thurman considers biblical parables which use agricultural growth as an analogy for the kingdom of God. In these parables, the kingdom of God, which Thurman sees as a quality of life under the rule of God, is either coming or is already here in the world or in the heart. Thurman further examines the parable of the growing seed and the parable of the wheat and the tares.